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The plan shall address, but shall not be limited to, disease surveillance and investigation, public and professional education, identification and replication of best practices for public health and clinical interventions, public and private partnerships with health care providers, third-party payors, local school divisions, and community coalitions, and identification of sources of grant funding. The plan shall place primary emphasis on, but not be limited to, children between the ages of birth and eighteen years.\n\nB\n\nIn order to develop the comprehensive state plan, the Commissioner shall consult with representatives of the medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health professions, public health agencies, community coalition leaders, insurers, hospital personnel, the Department of Education and local school divisions, and other appropriate entities.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1338489,"text":"Using such funds as may be appropriated therefor, the Commissioner shall develop, maintain, and revise biennially a written comprehensive state plan for (i) reducing the rate of hospitalizations due to asthma and (ii) facilitating the effective management of persons with asthma residing in the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 73<\/a> and 134<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1428805,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359716,"identifier":"32.1-73.5","token":"32.1\/2\/13\/32.1-73.5","url":"\/32.1-73.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-73.5\/","token":"32.1\/2\/13\/32.1-73.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Comprehensive statewide asthma management plan","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-73.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Using such funds as may be appropriated therefor, the Commissioner<\/span> shall develop, maintain, and revise biennially a written comprehensive state plan for (i) reducing the rate of hospitalizations due to asthma and (ii) facilitating the effective management of persons<\/span> with asthma residing in the Commonwealth. The plan shall address, but shall not be limited to, disease surveillance and investigation, public and professional education, identification and replication of best practices for public health and clinical interventions, public and private partnerships with health care providers, third-party<\/span> payors, local school divisions, and community coalitions, and identification of sources of grant funding. The plan shall place primary emphasis on, but not be limited to, children between the ages of birth and eighteen years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In order<\/span> to develop the comprehensive state plan, the Commissioner<\/span> shall consult with representatives of the medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health professions, public health agencies, community coalition leaders, insurers, hospital personnel, the Department<\/span> of Education and local school divisions, and other appropriate entities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PLAN (\u00a7 32.1-73.5)\n\nA. Using such funds as may be appropriated therefor, the Commissioner shall\ndevelop, maintain, and revise biennially a written comprehensive state plan for\n(i) reducing the rate of hospitalizations due to asthma and (ii) facilitating\nthe effective management of persons with asthma residing in the Commonwealth.\nThe plan shall address, but shall not be limited to, disease surveillance and\ninvestigation, public and professional education, identification and replication\nof best practices for public health and clinical interventions, public and\nprivate partnerships with health care providers, third-party payors, local\nschool divisions, and community coalitions, and identification of sources of\ngrant funding. The plan shall place primary emphasis on, but not be limited to,\nchildren between the ages of birth and eighteen years.\n\nB. In order to develop the comprehensive state plan, the Commissioner shall\nconsult with representatives of the medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health\nprofessions, public health agencies, community coalition leaders, insurers,\nhospital personnel, the Department of Education and local school divisions, and\nother appropriate entities.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 73, 134.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}